Bedstead.



PATENTED FEB. 5, 190.7.

F. G. GALE.

BEDSTEAD. APPLIoATfoN FILED HLW/.1906..

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BEDSTEAD.

specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 5, 1907.

Application filed April 27, 1906. Serial Ilo. 314,035.

.To all whom, t may concern;

Be it known that I, FRANCIS G. GALE, a

-Subj ect of the King of Great Britain, residing fat lVaterville, Province of Quebec, Canada,

have invented an Improvement in Bedsteads, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like numerals on the drawings representing like parts,

This invention relates to bedsteads, and especially to iron bedsteads.

It has for its object to provide a novel construction wherein an iron bedstead may be provided with brass trimmings and especially with brass top rails with less expense than as heretofore constructed.

Usually the brass top rails of the end frames of iron bedsteads extend from one post to the other of each end frame, and these brass top rails are secured to the posts by means of especially made connections which involve more or less expense in their manufacture. In order to eliminate the expense involved in these special iittings, I have devised an end frame for an iron bedstead in which the posts are provided with arms between which the brass top rail is held without vthe use of any special fittings or connections and simply by the resiliency of the material of the bed-frame. The arms above referred to form, in effect, part of a top rail and are in line with the brass trimming which constitutes the main portion of the top rail. In this way a saving is effected, first, by the elimination of the special fittings necessary to connect the top rail to the posts, and,second, because the brass portion of the top rail does not extend entirely across from one post to the other, and consequently less brass (which is the expensive material) is used than with the old construction.

A bedstead made according to my invention has substantially as elegant appearance as one in which the brass top rail extends clear from one side to the other.

In the drawings, Figure l is a Vview of a bedstead embodying my invention. Fig. 2

is a view, on a large scale, of a portion of an end frame, part of the end frame being shown in section to better illustrate the invention.

The end frames of the bed are designated by 3 and 4, respectively, and each is made with a corner-post 5 and may be provided with the intermediate rods 6, which may either be vertical rods or may have any desired configuration. In the drawings these rods 6 are shown as vertical rods and at their lower ends are connected to the lower rail 7 of the end frame.

The corner-posts 5 have extending therefrom arms 9, and in this embodiment of my invention these arms are connected by the dropped rod or connection 10, said connection l0 being secured to the upper ends of certain of the vertical rods 6.

The corner-posts, the arms 9, the lower rail 7, the dropped or downwardly-bent rod l0, and the vertical rod 6 are all made as one integral structure,vand these parts are connected together by the chills 2l, which are cast about the points of junction between the parts, all as usual in the manufacture of iron bedsteads.

l1 designates the brass top rail, and it is made to extend between the arms 9. The top rail is preferably tubular, and at its end it sets over ythe tips 12, extending either from the ends of the arms 9 or from chills 21 cast thereon.

In applying the brass top rail to the end frame the arms 9 are spread apart suliiciently by any suitable implement to permit the brass top rail to be inserted between them, and after the brass top rail is in place the resiliency of the end frame causes the arms to move toward each other sufficiently to cause the projections l2 to enter the'ends of the tubular brass top rail.

It will be seen that the brass top rail is merely sprung into place and that it is held in position without any special fittings or connections and merely by the resiliency of the end frame and the interlocking connectio'p between the tips l2 and the brass top rai The arms 9 may be of any desired lengththat is, they may be so short as to be hardly noticeable-in which case the brass top rail l1 will extend from one post to the other, or said arms may be made with more or less length, as shown in the drawings, in which case the brass top rail extends substantially, but not entirely, across the end frame. In either event the bedstead when completed has all the appearance of one in which a brass top rail extending from one post to the other is used, and yet a material saving in expense is secured not only by the elimination of special iittings to secure the brass top rail to the posts, but also because a shorter brass section may be used than when the brass top rail extends the full length of the end frame.

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If desired, the brass top rail may have any l corner-posts each provided with an arm, said suitable ornamentation-as, for instance, a corner-posts being resiliently connected, and pillar or post 14. In the form of the invenl a brass top rail movably sustained between tion herein shown the arms 9 form continuaj said arms. tions ofthe posts 5 and are made by bending 4. In a bedstead, an end frame having two the posts inwardly. In many bedsteads, corner-posts, arms extending therefrom, each however, the posts extend slightly above the provided with a projection, and a brass top top rail and areornamentedwithbrass knobs. rail extending between said arms, said top In embodying my invention in this type of rail having sockets in its ends to fit over said bedstead the arms would not form continuai projections. tions of the corner-posts, but would be made 5. In a bedstead, an end frame having two integral therewith and project therefrom. corner-posts, an arm extending inwardly I have shown herein one embodiment only Jfrom each corner post, a dropped rod conof my invention, and it will be obvious that necting said arms, and a brass top rail dethe shape and coniiguration may differ withtachably sustained by the arms. out departing Jfrom the invention. 6. In a bedstead, an end frame comprising I-Iaving fully described my invention, what two corner-posts each having an arm extend- I claim as new, and desire to secure by Leting inwardly therefrom, provided with a proters Patent, is i jection, a dropped rod connecting said arms,

l. Anend frame for a bedstead having two and a tubular top rail extending between connected corner posts capable of being said arms, the projections on the arms entersprung apart slightly and a top rail held bej ing the ends of said top rail. tween said corner-posts by the resiliency of j In testimony whereof I have signed my the end frame. name to this speciiication in the presence of 2. An eind frame for a bedstea havfinlg) two two subscribing witnesses. connecte corner-posts capa e o ein'g i T sprung apart and each provided with a proj FRAB CIS G GALE' jection and a top rail having a socket in its ends to it over lsaid projections.

3. An end frame for a bedstead having two Witnesses:

LOUIS C. SMITH, BERTHA F. HEUsER. 

